RESOLUTION

This determines the propriety of the Motion For

Immediate Release filed by the accused, through counsel, on
January 31, 2019. He claims that he has now fully served
his sentence and is now entitled to be released following his
successful rehabilitation at the Mega Drug Abuse Treatment
and Rehabilitation Center (“Mega DATRC”, for brevity). In
support thereof, he attached the Letter of Recommendation
for Temporary Release issued by the OIC-Medical Center
Chief of Mega DATRC and the Certificate of Completion of his
In-House Rehabilitation and Treatment at the said center.

The motion shows that the Office of the City Prosecutor

was furnished with a copy of the said motion on January 31,
2019. The same was likewise set for hearing on February 4,
2019. Up to this time, however, no pleading, comment or
objection is filed by the City Prosecutor.

After a careful evaluation, the Court finds merit to the

motion. Accordingly, the same is hereby GRANTED.

The OIC-Medical Center Chief of the Mega DATRC is

hereby ordered to temporarily release subject to the
following conditions: (a) that the said drug dependent shall
report to the City Health Office of Cabanatuan for aftercare
and follow-up treatment, including urine testing for a period
of eighteen (18) months; (b) if anytime during the after-
care and follow-up period, the drug dependent is certified to
be rehabilitated, he may be discharged by the Court; and (c)
should the City Health Office finds that during the initial
after-care and follow-up program of eighteen (18) months,
the drug dependent requires further treatment and
rehabilitation in the Center, he shall be recommitted to the
Center for Confinement.

The City Health Office of Cabanatuan is hereby directed

to submit to this court a periodic report relative to the after
care and follow-up program conducted to
SO ORDERED.
Cabanatuan City, February 11, 2019.